The Coalition’s former executive director Carol Brady and Faye Johnson, director of the Magnolia Project, participated as featured speakers in an Every Woman Southeast webinar June 6. They discussed the Magnolia Project’s implementation of the life course approach to maternal and child health and its effect on the case management program. Click here to listen… Read More
Maternal depression can affect any woman. But recent studies show low-income mothers of young children are more likely to suffer from maternal depression than those with higher incomes. One in 11 low-income mothers with young children reportedly experienced episodes of severe depression in the last year. Research shows children living with depressed parents are predisposed… Read More
Prepare for the long haul with your significant other by attending Before You Tie the Knot, a marriage preparation course offered in July at the Duval County Cooperative Extension Office. Couples that complete all three sessions will receive a $32.50 discount on their marriage license. The required three-day waiting period before applying for a license… Read More
Registration for The People’s Scientific Conference to Promote Health and Eliminate Health Disparities June 14-15 at the University of Florida in Gainesville closes June 10. The conference, sponsored by the University of Florida Health Disparities Research and Intervention Program in partnership with the University of Florida Prostate Disease Center and the National Institute on Minority Health… Read More
Discrimination against a woman for breastfeeding is officially considered sex discrimination. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled May 31 that, “firing a woman because she is lactating or expressing milk is unlawful sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.” Breastfeeding is the most natural way for… Read More